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Elfy
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 7 Location: Swindon, UK
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25795 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
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Posted: Thu Oct 28, 04 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, but it's a very apt question as that's more or less what I thought about a couple of years ago. Where could I go for about 250K and possibly have something in the bank.
I like Cornwall, Devon (Dorset is a bit too close to London). Scotland was a possibility but may be a little too cold for the various ideas I have for growing fruit & veg (figs, vines, peaches etc). However, I would need to work for years to buy somewhere and I'm not going to wait much longer.
So, although I have no connection to France, I realised that there are parts of France that are still cheap compared to the UK but can offer a reasonable sized home and a fair bit of land. Being a bit of a typical English bloke I had to sit down and think about it.
But it still seems like a good idea, I find I have far more in common with some of the French country folk than people in the South East of England, the wine is cheaper and, well, we still should own Brittany after all.
Of course I will need to learn French as there is nothing worse than an Englishman living abroad who cannot speak the language but having mulled over the issue for a few years I cannot see much wrong with the idea. |
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Wombat
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 396 Location: SW Cheshire
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 04 8:50 am Post subject: |
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Treacodactyl...............what about all your local friends, family, the varied seasons, the short not very warm summers, the long cold winters, fish & chips in newspaper, road rage, EU rules and rules (that only we have to abide to), etc., etc................surely you would miss all this??
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45672 Location: Essex
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Treacodactyl Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 25795 Location: Jumping on the bandwagon of opportunism
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Jonnyboy
Joined: 29 Oct 2004 Posts: 23956 Location: under some rain.
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tahir
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sean Downsizer Moderator
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Tracey Smith
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tahir
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Tracey Smith
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Wombat
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 396 Location: SW Cheshire
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jema Downsizer Moderator
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 28235 Location: escaped from Swindon
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Sarah D
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tahir
Joined: 28 Oct 2004 Posts: 45672 Location: Essex
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